About this object

A shabti wearing a plain tripartite wig that has long front lappets that are of unequal length, and the dress of daily life, comprising of a long, protruding triangular–shaped apron. A tunic does not seem to be worn as sleeves are not indicated. The arms are crossed right over left above the waist. The hands, which are quite large, do not carry implements or amulets as are sometimes found on shabtis wearing the dress of daily life. There is no basket on the back. The face of the shabti is rounded in shape, and the details are only summarily defined in the modelling. The face is flanked by a large pair of asymmetrically positioned ears. The right ear is broader than the left. The body of the figure has five horizontal bands of an incised inscription, and a vertical column on the front of the apron. The owner is named as Tenro, followed by a version of Chapter 6 of the Book of the Dead.

Translation of the inscription: "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Tenro, justified"; "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Tenro, justified, he speaks: O, these shabtis, if you are reckoned, if ?? to do all the works that are to be done in the realm of the dead – to cultivate the fields".

Transliteration and translation of the inscription:
Horizontal inscription:
sHD Wsir tnr mAa-xrw Dd.f i SAbty ipn ir hsb.tw iry ipn r ir(.t) kA.t nb.t r ir (im) m Xrt-nTr r srwD sx.t, "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Tenro, justified, he speaks: O, these shabtis, if you are reckoned, if ?? to do all the works that are to be done in the realm of the dead – to cultivate the fields.
Vertical inscription:
sHD Wsir tnr mAa-[xrw], "The illuminated one, the Osiris, Tenro, justified".

Author: Andrea Davies; Dirk van der Plas (ed)Publisher: Utrecht UniversityDate: 2001Description: CD ROM with 1500 objects from World Museum's Egyptian collection, including some destroyed in World War Two. This is now available online: http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/default.aspx

Author: Janes, GlennPublisher: Olicar House PublicationsDate: 2016Description: Lavishly illustrated catalogue of inscribed and excavated shabtis from the collection of World Museum, Liverpool, with a six page foreword by the curator, Ashley Cooke, describing the history of the collection . For more details visit the publisher's website: http://www.shabtis.com/liverpoolcatalogue.php

Events

Start date:
1911-07-12End date:
1911-07-12Description:
Sale of a large collection of Egyptian antiquities sold by Frederick George Hilton Price, an English banker and antiquary who formed a large collection of Egyptian antiquities.

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